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Article: The poet and the terrorists.(Snow)(Book Review)
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- The New Leader
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Snow By Orhan Pamuk Translated by Maureen Freely Knopf. 448 pp. $26.00.
THE CITY OF KARS rests on a mile-high plateau at the edge of Turkey's mountainous northeastern frontier. A regional capital, it was a crucial stop on the silk road for much o fits tumultuous history. During a series of wars between the Ottoman and Russian empires in the late 19th century it changed hands, and after World War I it became part of a short-lived independent Armenian republic overtaken by the Bolsheviks. The arrival of Kemal Ataturk's Army then resulted in the bloody expulsion of most of its population, prompting the Bolsheviks to return it to Turkey as a goodwill gesture. For a ...
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